MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 6Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 42.51,-77.92 Latitude: 42.51 Longitude: -77.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 156 SFC 962 488 16.3 15.7 96 0.6 16.0 152 8 292.7 294.8 290.6 326.2 11.76 2 950 593 16.0 15.3 95 0.8 15.5 155 15 293.5 295.5 290.7 326.5 11.58 3 900 1052 13.7 13.5 99 0.2 13.6 165 31 295.7 297.6 290.9 327.0 10.88 4 850 1533 11.8 11.1 95 0.7 11.4 177 34 298.5 300.3 290.9 327.2 9.82 5 800 2040 9.2 8.8 97 0.4 9.0 183 32 301.0 302.6 291.0 327.4 8.94 6 750 2573 6.6 6.5 99 0.1 6.6 189 29 303.8 305.3 291.2 328.1 8.13 7 700 3138 3.8 3.7 100 0.1 3.7 196 27 306.7 308.0 291.3 328.4 7.16 8 650 3737 0.4 0.4 100 0.0 0.4 196 27 309.5 310.6 291.2 328.2 6.08 9 600 4377 -2.5 -2.7 98 0.2 -2.6 195 28 313.2 314.2 291.6 329.7 5.22 10 550 5063 -6.0 -6.4 97 0.4 -6.2 197 29 317.0 317.8 291.9 330.9 4.32 11 500 5805 -9.9 -10.4 96 0.5 -10.1 200 29 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.4 3.47 12 450 6610 -14.8 -15.1 98 0.3 -14.9 201 31 324.6 325.2 292.7 333.5 2.64 13 400 7492 -20.5 -20.5 100 0.0 -20.5 202 35 328.3 328.7 293.0 334.8 1.87 14 350 8466 -27.9 -27.9 100 -0.0 -27.9 201 41 331.1 331.3 293.1 335.1 1.10 15 300 9553 -36.8 -36.8 100 -0.0 -36.8 196 46 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.5 0.54 16 250 10784 -48.0 -48.0 100 0.0 -48.0 199 51 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.20 17 200 12215 -59.5 -59.6 99 0.1 -59.6 219 57 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 18 150 14004 -61.8 -77.6 10 15.8 -62.0 237 34 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16480 -66.4 -83.2 8 16.8 -66.5 263 23 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.23 m Freezing level: 642.58 mb = 3832.36 m = 12573.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.94 mb = 3824.63 m = 12547.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.98 % Est. max temperature: 23.92 C = 75.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.39 mb = 562.78 m = 1846.38 ft T: 16.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 1084.83 m = 3559.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.43 C = 66.97 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 2.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5711.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.41 mb = 1010.44 m = 3315.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.8 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 219.8 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 30.70 m/s